Operators of commercial vehicles, such as large trucks, buses and vehicles hauling hazardous materials, must satisfy more stringent driver testing standards than drivers of non-commercial vehicles.
For example, a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required to drive a tractor trailer or any truck or trailer with a gross combination vehicle weight rating (GCWR) over 26,001 pounds or any vehicle transporting hazardous material requiring a placard.
New Jersey, at the center of trade, has always been a leader in providing the transportation infrastructure necessary to keep the economy on the move. Besides being at the crossroads of the domestic freight movement, New Jersey is the East Coast's leading gateway for global commerce -- its front door to the world.
Large trucks play a major role in the New Jersey economy, a part of the larger freight industry that includes air and water, rail, pipeline and their combinations. Terminals and warehousing centers connect these systems to deliver goods and also jobs. Of the more than 600 million tons of goods moved each year, 75 percent move by truck.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) strives to balance the needs of communities and motorists with those of the trucking and the freight industry. NJDOT has a role in safety initiatives and regulations applicable to the trucking industry.
A highly regulated industry, federal, state and local truck rules govern operations. For those who currently own or operate trucks, or those who are about to begin a career as a driver or trucking business owner in New Jersey, familiarity with commercial driver licensing and truck operations requirements should clarify the rules and regulations.
Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) are planning organizations that serve as the forum for cooperative transportation decision making for metropolitan planning areas as required by federal regulations. MPOs consist of representatives of state and local governments and major transportation agencies. There are three MPOs in New Jersey:
DVRPC - Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. The MPO covering the counties of Mercer, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester.
NJTPA - North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. The MPO covering the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.
SJTPO - South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization. The MPO covering the counties of Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland, and Salem.
This classification includes work that addresses improvements/provisions for alternative modes of transportation. Program categories within this classification include aviation, goods movement, bicycle/pedestrian, ferries, Para transit, intermodal connections, rail, maritime and other modes.
Local Aid This classification provides for development and implementation of transportation improvements on the local roadway network. Program categories within this classification include local aid to counties, local aid to municipalities, local aid discretionary, local aid other programs, economic development, local roadway improvements, bicycle/pedestrian, regional planning and project development.
Quality of Life This classification includes work which is designed to enhance the environment associated with, or impacted by, transportation improvements. Program categories within this classification include transportation enhancements, noise walls, landscape, air quality, signs, wetland mitigation, environmental remediation and rest areas.
Roadway Preservation This classification includes work that is designed to keep the existing highway system functioning and in a state of good repair, including work which upgrades segments of the system to current design standards. Program categories within this classification include highway rehabilitation and reconstruction, highway resurfacing, highway capital maintenance, drainage, truck size and weight control, pavement management system, interagency agreements and dams.
Safety This classification includes work that is designed to improve safety for the traveling public on the existing highway system. Program categories within this classification include safety improvements, safety management, and safety capital maintenance, rock fall mitigation.
This classification includes a variety of activities that provide direct support to the capital program pipeline. Program categories within this classification include program implementation costs, planning program and studies, project scoping and design, right of way and utility, construction, unanticipated expenses, project cost settlement, and transportation grants, corridor studies.
Capital Program Support This classification includes a variety of "overhead" type activities that indirectly contribute to the project pipeline. Program categories within this classification include facilities and equipment, contractor support, operational support.
Congestion Relief This classification encompasses work that improves the flow of people and goods along transportation corridors. Specific programs under this heading include highway operational improvements, bottleneck widening, missing links, major widening, intelligent transportation systems, demand management, and congestion management system.
For the purpose of program planning and analysis, transportation improvements are classified into categories, generally defined by the type of "product" they produce. This classification system improves the department's ability to develop system objectives and performance measurements. These classifications are:
Bridge Preservation This classification includes work, which is designed to keep the existing bridges functioning, and in a state of good repair, including work which rehabilitates or replaces existing bridges to current design standards. Program categories within this classification include bridge rehabilitation and replacement, bridge capital maintenance, bridge management, local bridges, NJ TRANSIT bridges, and railroad overhead bridges.
Bridge and Roadway Preservation This classification includes work which is designed to keep both existing bridges and roadway in a state of good repair. Under this category, in addition to roadway improvements, existing bridges within the project limits will be rehabilitated or replaced, bringing bridges to current design standards.
Anticipated Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds.
Section 5307 Federal Transit Administration Urbanized Area Formula Program.
Section 5309 Federal Transit Administration Fixed-Guide way Modernization Program
Section 5309D Federal Transit Administration-Federal Congressional earmarks to projects.
S5310 (Section 5310) Programs for Elderly and Persons with Disabilities-Federal funds are provided for the purchase of small buses or van-type vehicles with lifts for private or non-profit agencies that serve the elderly and persons with disabilities. (Formerly known as the Section 16 Program)
S5311 (Section 5311) Non-urbanized Area Formula Program-Federal funding is provided for rural public transportation programs. (Formerly known as the Section 18 Program)
State The "State" or "TTF" category is used to show the disposition of funding received from the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund.
Surface Transportation Program (STP) The Surface Transportation Program is a federal-aid funding category established under ISTEA, which encompasses funding previously made available under various smaller federal-aid categories as well as a broad, flexible component. Funding must be set aside for safety (STP-SY) and transportation enhancement (STP-TE).
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